Hands-on!

One of my biggest fears was getting up in front of a room full of people every week. But now that I've done it a few times--now that I've got some hands-on experience, if you will--I'm finding it's rewarding and fun.

Speaking of rewarding and fun, in the survey many of you said you wanted our club to do more real hands-on work right here in our community. The idea is to seek out projects, along the lines of our Katrina relief efforts--projects where we really jump in and make an immediate difference.

Thanks to our Community Service chair, Alan Cohen, we now have our first such opportunity. We will be working in partnership with the Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Service and Community Building Works to renovate a house for a low-income family.

You will be hearing much more about this in the coming weeks. I know one of Alan's goals is to design short work shifts at a variety of times.

From my Katrina experiences, I have to say there is nothing more rewarding than working together on a needed project and immediately seeing the results of our labor. Besides, it is so much fun to be together and do some meaningful work at the same time.

Now, speaking of fun, here is a video I found on one of the aviation sites I frequent. This cat puts anyone scared of flying to shame. Be sure to watch it to the end.

See you Wednesday!